aidan@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1205arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 day agoThe EU is trying to do this at an EU level (and has been for years). As well as an individual country level, Sweden seems likely to pass a similar law in 2026. https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/european-police-chiefs-call-for-industry-and-governments-to-take-action-against-end-to-end-encryption-roll-out https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/05/07/european-threat-to-end-to-end-encryption-would-invade-phones/ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/signal_will_withdraw_from_sweden/ https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/
The EU is trying to do this at an EU level (and has been for years). As well as an individual country level, Sweden seems likely to pass a similar law in 2026.
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/european-police-chiefs-call-for-industry-and-governments-to-take-action-against-end-to-end-encryption-roll-out
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/05/07/european-threat-to-end-to-end-encryption-would-invade-phones/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/signal_will_withdraw_from_sweden/
https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/